Behind The Panels Issue 137 – Identity Crisis

Welcome to BEHIND THE PANELS Issue 137, the comic book show that’s not a hoax! Not a dream! Not an imaginary story!

In this issue, Star Trek gets sets to crossover with Green Lantern. The ladies of the galaxy don’t stand a chance with Hal and Kirk on the prowl. THEN it’s all the Convergence, Savior, Howard the Duck and initial Daredevil impressions in What We’ve Been Reading and Watching.

PLUS our Kick-Ass Pick of the Week: IDENTITY CRISIS by Brad Meltzer and Rags Morales. This is BEHIND THE PANELS.

News Headlines

The nominations for the Hugo Awards have been announced. Ms. Marvel, Saga, Sex Criminals, Rat Queens and The Zombie Nation received nods for Best Graphic Story, while Guardians of the Galaxy, Captain America: The Winter Soldier and The Flash were listed as finalists in the dramatic presentation categories.

It’s official: the Captain America: Winter Soldier and Civil War team of Joe and Anthony Russo will direct the upcoming two-part Avengers: Infinity War. Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely have been confirmed to script the film.

Meanwhile, Phil Lord and Chris Miller have begun writing Warner’s standalone film for The Flash

Mark Millar has partnered with producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura to bring Jupiter’s Legacy to the screen

IDW and DC Comics announced Star Trek/Green Lantern: The Spectrum War, a new comics crossover that will kick off in July from Trek writer Mike Johnson and with art from Angel Hernández

Ed Skrein has confirmed via Twitter that he will be playing Ajax in the upcoming Deadpool movie

Lucy Griffiths has been cast in AMC’s Preacher as new character Emily Woodrow

Kevin Smith has confirmed that Mallrats 2 will be his next film, with filming pushed forward to the end of 2015

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